Gas Pipeline Explosion Kills 12 in New Mexico: Record Settlement

On August 19, 2000, an interstate natural gas pipeline exploded in southern
New Mexico. The explosion killed twelve family members that were spending
the weekend by the Pecos River camping and fishing. Together with the
Blenden Law Firm of Carlsbad, New Mexico, we represented the families
of five of the people killed by the explosion. Investigation concluded
that the failure point of the pipeline was severely corroded internally,
had never been inspected, tested or cleaned for five decades. We prepared
the case for trial before the defendants settled with our clients—the
confidential settlement was the largest personal injury settlement in
the history of New Mexico and one of the largest ever achieved nationally.